Support for automobile bumpers



BEST AVAILABLE com Feb. 10. 1925. 1,525,646

F. GARONE SUPPORT FOR AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS Filed March 24, 1923 Patented Feb. 10, 1925.,

UNITED STATES BEST AVAILABLE COP.

, PATENT FFICE.

FRANK GARONE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR- To New YORK WIRE & SPRING GOMLEANY, aoonrolan'rron on EW. J ERSEY.

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Application area March 24, 1923. Serial No. 527,277.; v

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK GAnoNE, a

subject of the King ofItaly, and'a' resi'dent of the borough of Brooklyn, city "of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful fication. p .1

This invention relates to! improvements in supports for automobile btimpers, "f"

One of the objects o'fmy"in'venti on"{is-to provide a support for automobile-bumpers "and frame end or rail of a m'ot'orj vehicle;

by which such bumpersmay'be readily and quickly mounted on the chassis of the' car'f and rigidly retained in position thereon I Another object of my invention is to pro duce a support or attachingdevice for each side of a bumper composed'of a bracketbar and clamps, each having means'for apply ing clamping pressure; on the- 'frame' ends of the automobile chassis'in"two'directions and having four contact points; therewith" so as to procure and maintain a firm' hold support thereon, and also furnishing a for the supporting bar.

Another object of'my' inventionfis to pro duce a clamp which may, by the -samdop 'eration, apply clamping pressure' in two directions on the frame ends and fasten the attaching bar rigidly in place.

Another object of my invention is to pro- I duce a clamp having a bolt and clamping members so arranged that in one operation the tightening of the nut on thebolt will cause a ,wedging action of the clamping parts on the frame ends and also apply pres- .sure thereto at substantially right angles to the direction of the wedging pressure and furthermore the tightening of the said nut also preferably simultaneously fastens the supporting or attaching barof the vbumper to the frame ends. i

v.tremely rigid and durable.

Another object of my invention is to prothe/said bumper 2 maybe attached in any suitable manner to a pair of'outwardly-ex f vide a bumper support which will be light, easy and cheap ,to manufacture and easy to instal, and which when installed be ex- Anothr object of my lnv'entio'n i s to provide a bumper su' port which is substantially universal an maybe applied m mmy different types of automobiles;

Another object of my inve'ntiorf dig lat one side of the clamp;j F ig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the able the attachment of a bumper to the chassis with a minimum number of operations."

YVith these'and oth'e'r'objects in view, the

invention comprises the combination of members and arrangement'ofparts sdcombined as toco-act and cooperate with each other in the performance of the functions and the accomplishmentof' the results here Fig." 1 is'an end elevation o f a bumper Fig: 2vis a fragmentary plan view illustrating" the supporting bar attached by.

clamps at one side of the car to one ofthe frame ends or rails of;a;moto r vehicle P 'Fig.' 3 is a section through the clamp on- Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3 on the line4-4 of Fig. 2, thesection being taken clamping members;

Fig. "6 is a similar vi her; and A p Fig. 7 is a-siinilar .view of the clamp bolt.

Referring now' to these drawings, which"' illustrate a preferred embodiment of my 111- vention, lindicates one of the two parallel outwardly-extending frame ends or rails at the front end of the chassis 'of a motor ve-' hicle. These frame ends are usually curved or inclined downwardly. The remaining parts'of the'vehicle are not illustrated because they form no part of this invention.

The frame ends 1" are jusually'of channelled tending supporting-or attaching bars 3, only one 'of which bars is illustrated, it' being un-y de'rstood, of course,= that a similar bar similarly'disposed will be similarly su ported and attached at-the' op'posite side"or t he we hicle'. Each (if such supporting bars 3 -is secured to the iram'e' ends aerails by clampi clamps in place.

BEST AVAILABLE Cop 4, and as shown is so secured by two inclepeudent identical clamps 4, which are adapted to be fastgeiiedlt o the' frafn'eends 61-" rails by connect-ion wi-h either one of tlib flanges 1 or l and with the web 1 of said endfbaii Each of such clamps-"is adapted to*app' iy pressure on said end barin two directions, viz, from opposite faces of said flange and from opposite edges, and at the same time to clamp the bar 3 in placeon suchrend, all preferably by a single operation. These clamps preferably embody means for simultaneously wedging the clamp against the. opposite faces of the flange oftheframe end or rail and simultaneously applying an. edge wise screw pressure by contact at. one side with the outer edge of the fiangeand at the other side with the web contiguous to said flange; and preferably the clamps. are fas-v tened and the supporting or attaching bar is connectedjtothe frame ends orrails by the simple operation of fastening two A detailed description ofione of the clamps willsuflice for all. 1 v a, 4

Each of the clampsuet-preferably: coniprises arU-shaped hook member adapted to he, slipped over the,inside;jedge of oneof l. the flanges; a wedge member'j adapted-to" engage the u shapedhook'member and'to cause clamping pi'essu re;to be applied'on the facesof said. flangegwhenxthe parts are forced toward each other and a common; bolt 6 on which said two parts-are mounted. As illustrated, the hookemember hasa seat 4 for the reception of thegiedge of the flange 1 between a bill-portion 5P, and'slrank portion i which is provided with a rse'mi cylindrical 'longitudinallyeextending groove 4 communicating with a circularbolt hole or opening at? which has at its outerside ;a depressed seat 4 square in configuration for the square head 6*,of said bolt-6,.and;sa id socket preferably has an inclinedinner-suiy face l? and the wedge-member 5 comprises I ;versely--thereof. The clamping action 1s so a semi-cylindrical wedge portion SFB-hjaVing a semi cylmdrical grooie :5" forthe reception of the rear portion of the shankof the, 1

boltand a backportion 5 having a bolt hole 5 in alignment with the groove-5 and through which the bolt extends and on the rear side of which the nut 6 isthrea ded on? the boltthread 6. As shown, .thes hook member and wedge member are arranged to, be-moved telescopically by the; screwing up of the nut on thebolt, so that, by such ail telescoping movement of the parts, a wedgving action i ay be. procured by a screwing on of the nut Such morement will, when, the parts are inplace; on a flange of the"; frame ends or channelrshaped rail, cause a simultaneous wedging action by the hook and wedge members against opposite faces of. the flange? as. we lias-anexertion. o dger-c wise screw pressure against the edge of the flange at one side and the web on the opposite side. In this way the clamps 4, two of which-are employed on resent flaugepiftrin a rigid su pourdithe supporti'n-gor attaching bar 3 which is preferably inserted be tween the back j of his: weugiag membes 5 andthe nut 6*so asts" securely fasten the said bar 3 .in place. The square head 6 of the bolt which is seated in a depression or seat 4 in the hook member, prevents a turning of the bolt and the back 5 of the wedging member provides anenlarged bearing back or abutment against which; the supporting orattaching bar 3;1nay rest.- In most cases 7 a rivet-head such-as ll'isi encountered onthe/frame end or' rail and; I therefore form a notch 12 in the bearing back 5 for the reception ofsuch a rivet-head 11.

\Vhen a clamp is adjustedas described on the frame ends 1 it will be seen that; the clampapplies; pressure. in two directions against saidlframe end and contactsvwith, v the; said frame end -or rail; at four points,

thus the billf:portion 0f the 5 U -shape d hoolr,

member as he Z9 i el n v rtic l hem ingonthe upper and outer-edge ofthe flange. I,

1, while; the wedge membeivl asa horizontal bearing on" the lower surface fof said flange and a yertical bearing upon, ,the web, thus.

procuring an extremely r gidjsupport. The

wedging action, is preferably procured, by providing; the hook member with an internal inclined inner face ,4;% .on which slides, the outer surface-of the wedge portion 5 which,

has flanges 5? engaging the bottomlsurface of the fiange-i l, so thata telescoping move:

meut will wedge the two qlamptparts against end, and when the nut isrscrewedhome an edgewise screw-pressure -5\vill befexerted on against the opposite' faces; ,ofetheflange but simultaneously, clamps the flange at opposite-edges, applying screw pressure trans firingth atttwo of these clamps with asuitable attachingbar formsagstroug, durable and rigid supportnfor-rabumper which, will not work loose by; -vibration ofthevehicle, 1 Having described invention I claim :4 .1. A, clamp :for supporting auton'iobile bumpers comprising. a j bumper-supporting member including a supporting-bolt,adaptQ 7' ed to be connectedtothe under sideof the flange of an, automobilechannel-bar framemember and wedgi-ng means movable beneath saidsupporting-bolt for applying a wedging pressure upwardly-againstsaid bolt to fasten. the same ,to ,t l 1eframe member.-

2. A clamp for supporting automobile bumpers embodying, in coinbinatiomasup} porting bolt adapted to be connected to, the, nd r side attire; flan e pteeeiau emeb l channel-bar frame-member and wedging ele- BEST AVAILABLE ments movable beneath said bolt and also having a bearing contact with the upper surface of said flange for applying a wedging pressure upwardly against said bolt to fasten the clamp to the frame member.

3. A clamp for supporting automobile bumpers embodying, in combination, a supporting bolt adapted to be connected to the under side of the flange of an automobile channel-bar frame-member, and two wedging elements movable telescopically beneath said bolt, one of which has a bearing contact with the upper surface of said flange for applying a wedging pressure upwardly against said bolt to fasten the clamp to the frame member.

4:. A clamp for supporting automobile bumpers embodying, in combination, a bolt member adapted to abut against the under side of the flange of an automobile channelbar member, a hook member adapted to fit over and partially surround said flange and bolt and having a portion ,extendingdown; wardly below said bolt memberandmeansf y ing engagement to apply wedging pressure by said members against opposite faces of cooperating withsaid downwardly extending portion and movable beneath and in contact with saidbolt for applying a wedging pressure upwardly against the same to fasten the clamp to the frame members 5. A 5 clamp for supporting?automobile bumpers embodying, in combination, a bolt member adapted to abut against the under side of the flange of an automobile channelbar member, a hook member adapted tofit over and partially surround said flange and bolt and having a portion extending downwardly below said bolt member, a wedging element cooperating with said downwardly extending portion and movable beneath said:

bolt, said bolt having a screw thread and nut for moving said wedging element and downwardly extending portion into telescopic engagement to apply wedging pressure upwardly on said bolt against the lower surface of said flange andsimultaneously to apply screw pressure horizontally against the opposite edges ofsaid flange;

6. A clamp for supporting automobile bumpers embodying, in combination, a bolt member, a hook-member cooperative there with and adapted to fit over one edge of one of the flanges of an automobile channelbar frame and comprising a bill-portion and a shankortion extending downwardly beneath said bolt and having a seat for the flange, a wedge member having a portion adapted to telescope below said bolt with said shank portion, one of said members being provided with a wedging incline and the other having a surface engaging the same, said bolt having a screw thread and nut for moving said downwardly-extending shank and wedge member into telescoping engagement to apply wedging pressure upwardly on said bolt against the lower face of the flange and simultaneously to apply screw pressure horizontally and crosswise of said flange.

7. A clamp for supporting automobile bumpers embodying, in combination, a hookmember adapted to fit over one edge of one of the flanges of an automobile channel-bar frame and comprising a bill-portion and a shank-portion having a seat for the flange therebetween, a wedge member having a portion adapted to telescope with said shank portion, one of said members being provided with a wedging incline and the other having "asurfaceengaging the same, and a bolt and nut for mov ng said members into telescopthe flange andsimultaneously to apply screw ressure horizontally and crosswise of said ange.

:*"1 ?"8.'- A'clamp :for supporting automobile bumpers embodying, in combination, a hookmember adapted to fit over one edge of one of the flanges of an automobile channel-bar frame and comprising a bill-portion and a shank-portion having a seat for the flange ltherebetween, and also having a grooved portion for thev reception of a bolt; a wedge member having a portion adapted to telescopewith said shank portion, and provided witha groove for the reception of said bolt, one of said members being provided with a wedging incline and the other having a surface engaging the same, and a bolt and nut for moving said members into telescoping engagement toapply wedging pressure by said members against opposite faces of the flange and simultaneously to apply screw pressure horizontally and crosswise of said flange.

In witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK GARONE.

Witnesses:

F. A. Wnxms, F. E. CoLsoN. 

